Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
plantation bosses who kept the enslaved Africans working hard were called a. | overseers. | c. | employers. | b. | slaveholders. | d. | supervisors. | | | | |
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Which group
controlled the economic and political life of the Southern Colonies? a. | merchants | c. | farmers | b. | teachers | d. | plantation owners | | | | |
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Where were
most of the large Southern plantations located? a. | backcountry | c. | coastal areas | b. | Tidewater | d. | flatlands | | | | |
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Which of the
following means producing just enough to meet the families' needs, with little left over to sell or
exchange? a. | harvesting | c. | cash
crop | b. | subsistence
farming | d. | Tidewater
farming | | | | |
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The most
inhuman aspect of the triangular trade was the a. | Southern Route. | c. | Middle Passage. | b. | merchant trade
route. | d. | fishing
trade. | | | | |
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Matching
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Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | cash crops | d. | shipbuilding | b. | backcountry | e. | diversity | c. | slave codes | | | | |
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6.
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important
New England industry
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7.
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crops that
sold easily
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8.
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near
Appalachian Mountains
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9.
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cultural
variety
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10.
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governed
slaves
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